Predicting the final pressure in the equalization step of PSA cycles

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-232

  Chahbani, M H ^b,c   Tondeur, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Department of Physics   (Tunisia)

^c RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation; Equilibrium pressure; Pressure equalization step; Pressure swing adsorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION BED; COMPUTATION TIME; CONSTANT PRESSURES; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; EQUILIBRIUM PRESSURE; FINAL PRESSURE; PRESSURE EQUALIZATION; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; PSA PROCESS; ROUGH APPROXIMATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PEELING;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 74849089092     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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